News across Dane County
UW-River Falls Welcomes USDA As Presenter
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Food Safety Mindy Brashears will discuss food safety issues during a public presentation at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Brashears will speak from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Kinnickinnic River…
Young Wisconsin Farmer: Your Vote Matters for the Future of Agriculture
OP-ED: Written by UW-River Falls Collegiate Farm Bureau President Brooke Beardsley, Edited by the Mid-West Farm Report’s Teri Barr Growing up on my family’s fifth-generation farm, I always imagined that someday I might take over the operation. It seemed achievable. Now, as a…
New State Park And Forest Vehicle Pass Design Chosen
The Wisconsin DNR announced that Delavan-Darien High School junior Kiet Tuan Tran is the winner of the 2027 Wisconsin State Park and Forest vehicle admission pass design contest. The design features one of the Wisconsin State Park System’s most popular outdoor activities: camping…
Next A.C.R.E. Grants Boost Wisconsin Ag Education
Nearly 30 Wisconsin middle and high schools received $174,093 in grants from Compeer Financial to support agriculture education programs. Funds are used for equipment and resources that advance hands-on learning and support renovations, improvements and building projects for…
UW-Madison Helps Families Kickstart Succession Planning
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension is inviting farm families and farm business owners to participate in Cultivating Your Farm’s Future, an interactive virtual program designed to kickstart the vital process of farm succession planning. Succession planning…